improve
to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
to make (land) more useful, profitable, or valuable by enclosure, cultivation, etc.
to increase the value of (real property) by betterments, as the construction of buildings and sewers.
to make good use of; turn to account: He improved the stopover by seeing a client with offices there.
to increase in value, excellence, etc.; become better: The military situation is improving.
to make improvements, as by revision, addition, or change: None of the younger violinists have been able to improve on his interpretation of that work.
Origin of improve
1Other words for improve
Opposites for improve
Other words from improve
- im·prov·a·ble, adjective
- im·prov·a·bil·i·ty, im·prov·a·ble·ness, noun
- im·prov·a·bly, adverb
- im·prov·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·im·prove, verb (used with object), pre·im·proved, pre·im·prov·ing.
- qua·si-im·proved, adjective
- su·per·im·proved, adjective
- well-im·proved, adjective
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How to use improve in a sentence
Billions of dollars have been invested in tools and platforms that promise to improve the learning outcomes and lives of students.
Why hasn’t digital learning lived up to its promise? | Walter Thompson | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchDuring a talk with TechCrunch, the founders stressed how growers could increase margins through improved labor costs.
Canix aims to ease cannabis cultivators’ regulatory bookkeeping | Matt Burns | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchThe startup has spent the last few quarters further improving its technology stack.
UrbanKisaan is betting on vertical farming to bring pesticide-free vegetables to consumers and fight India’s water crisis | Manish Singh | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchApple’s software has added some improved features this year.
Apple Watch Series 6 first impressions: A stretchy addition looks great | Aaron Pressman | September 17, 2020 | FortuneStudies suggest that even low-levels of strength training can improve back pain.
The best thing for back pain is actually more movement | Sara Chodosh | September 16, 2020 | Popular-Science
It could dramatically improve quality of life in communities throughout the developing world.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFaal told the FBI that his group was trying “restore democracy to The Gambia and improve the lives of its people.”
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country | Jacob Siegel | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe health, happiness and well-being of men, children and women improve.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAn expert in education talks about race relations, the political environment and what can be done to improve things.
Our relationship did not improve as I entered college and developed a raging eating disorder.
Five hundred of our fighting men are running to and fro between cliffs and sea carrying stones wherewith to improve our pier.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonYet their quaint attempts to improve their appearance throw an interesting side-light on their æsthetic preferences.
Children's Ways | James SullyThat community which does not improve in the region where the means of healthful increase are afforded, is in an unhealthy state.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamNo other legislation is going to improve financial conditions here to any extent.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanAs time passed, this fund expanded considerably and was used to improve elementary education.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for improve
/ (ɪmˈpruːv) /
to make or become better in quality; ameliorate
(tr) to make (buildings, land, etc) more valuable by additions or betterment
(intr; usually foll by on or upon) to achieve a better standard or quality in comparison (with): to improve on last year's crop
on the improve Australian informal improving
Origin of improve
1Derived forms of improve
- improvable, adjective
- improvability or improvableness, noun
- improvably, adverb
- improver, noun
- improvingly, adverb
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